It's about absolutely nothing. Blah...blah....blah...
Actually that just about describes today for me. Blah! So much so, that I don't even have a rant to rave about at this moment. That's pretty darned bad. Oh well...maybe a day off tomorrow will help. I am hoping, for sure, that it will help with some writing. I'm going to go back to my "Writing Down the Bones" Zen approach to writing book and am determined to diligently follow her first rule of writing. PRACTICE EVERY DAY!!! That's my goal, and I'd better get to it, if I'm to have any hope at all of managing to accomplish NaNoWriMo this year. I'm psyched, and I want to succeed, so I've got to keep the positive mind set. So far so good...
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Writing Revelation
I've come to a realization, one I guess deep down I've known for some amount time. I CAN write as well as or better than some published authors.
How did I come about this wonderful epiphany, you might ask?
Well, I have been working my way through some OLD F&SF magazines that I've had hanging around - no, don't you dare ask HOW long *cough* can you say early 80s? *cough* - and as I read some of the absolutely DREADFUL stories in this acclaimed magazine of SF and Fantasy writing, I can only think: "Oh my gawd, if I wrote like that, I'd give it up and take up needlepoint or some such less offensive craft." But then, on second thought, it only drove home to me the compelling idea of: "Hey, if they can get paid to publish such utter crap as this, then what the heck is stopping me?"
Yes, yes, I know. Isn't this what any and all of my friends have been telling me for years and years?
I guess sometimes you have to be hit on the head with a rather large brick...preferably gold, and wrapped in a slice of lemon...
How did I come about this wonderful epiphany, you might ask?
Well, I have been working my way through some OLD F&SF magazines that I've had hanging around - no, don't you dare ask HOW long *cough* can you say early 80s? *cough* - and as I read some of the absolutely DREADFUL stories in this acclaimed magazine of SF and Fantasy writing, I can only think: "Oh my gawd, if I wrote like that, I'd give it up and take up needlepoint or some such less offensive craft." But then, on second thought, it only drove home to me the compelling idea of: "Hey, if they can get paid to publish such utter crap as this, then what the heck is stopping me?"
Yes, yes, I know. Isn't this what any and all of my friends have been telling me for years and years?
I guess sometimes you have to be hit on the head with a rather large brick...preferably gold, and wrapped in a slice of lemon...
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Taking the Blogger Plunge!
Ah yes, I've done it now...I've created another blog to neglect. I sure hope that this time I will be a more diligent and dedicated blog parent, and keep it full and well fed. I have done this, in part, to prepare for my plunge into the world of NaNoWriMo <EEEEK>.
I have also decided that I need a forum for my rants where they will be expected, and indeed welcomed, so that I may move them away from FB and my worried and well meaning friends and family. Not that I don't like their words of love and encouragement, but sometimes one just wants to rant. Especially lately!! Who doesn't, right? There is so much in the news that is rant worthy.
Well, I am off and ranting...er...running.
I have also decided that I need a forum for my rants where they will be expected, and indeed welcomed, so that I may move them away from FB and my worried and well meaning friends and family. Not that I don't like their words of love and encouragement, but sometimes one just wants to rant. Especially lately!! Who doesn't, right? There is so much in the news that is rant worthy.
Well, I am off and ranting...er...running.
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